SCADA Systems Present and Future, Substation Automation and Beyond: Managing IED Data in the Enterprise to Realize Real Business Process Benefits
Baltimore, Maryland
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Seminar Agenda

8:00 a.m.Welcome, Participant Introductions and Opening Remarks

8:15 a.m.Introduction to Enterprise Level Substation System Integration (ELSSI) and Substation Automation (SA)

  • What is an IED?
  • What is ELSSI?
  • Substation Integration and Automation Levels
  • Integration versus Automation
  • Communication Paths From Substation
  • Enterprise Interoperability
  • IEC 61850

8:45 a.m.Why Substation Automation? Why Now?

  • Why Needed?
  • IED Level Benefits
  • Integration Level Benefits
  • Automation Functions
  • Enterprise Level Functions
  • Equipment Condition Monitoring

9:15 a.m.SA Technical Issues

  • Open Systems
  • Substation Automation Applicability
  • Benefits of Open System Approach
  • System Responsibilities
  • System Architecture
  • Substation Host Processor/Data Concentrator
  • Substation Local Area Network Requirements
  • User Interface
  • IED Integration
  • Communication Interfaces
  • Corporate Data Repository

10:00 a.m.Break

10:30 a.m.Acquiring Operational and Non-Operational Data from Substation IEDs

  • Operational Data
  • Non-Operational Data
  • Characteristics
  • Data Paths
  • Acquisition of Operational and Non-Operational Data Items
  • Enterprise Server for Non-Operational Data

11:15 a.m.Approaches to Integration & Automation

  • Basic Architecture
  • System Topologies
  • Types of Approaches
  • EMS & SCADA Approach
  • SCADA & RTU Approach
  • PLC Approach
  • PC Approach
  • Vendor Product Oriented Approach
  • Architecture Issues

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m.What Would a SA System Look Like?

  • Distributed LAN Configuration
  • Design Issues for Consideration
  • Equipment Photographs
  • SA Training Simulator (SATS)

2:00 p.m.SCADA Systems Evolution and Overview

  • Evolution From 1830 to Present
  • Uses of Supervisory Systems
  • System Hardware
  • System Software Functions

4:00 p.m. Break

4:30 p.m.Summary

  • Levels of Integration and Automation
  • Communication Paths From Substation
  • New Versus Existing Substations
  • Protocol Fundamentals
  • Protocol Considerations
  • North American SA Projects
  • Relevant Standards

5:00 p.m.Seminar Adjourns

Reference Material

Speaker Biography

Technical Papers and Articles

  • McDonald, John D., Rajagopalan, Shankar, Waizenegger, Jack R., Pardo, Fernando, “Realizing the Power of Data Marts”, IEEE Power & Energy, May/June 2007.
  • McDonald, John and Ipakchi, Ali, “Roadmap to the Future: Integrating Substation Information and Enterprise Level Applications”, Electric Energy T&D, September-October 2006.
  • McDonald, John D., Carpenter, Dave, Foster, Vent, “Kentucky Utility ‘Fires Up’ Its First SCADA System”, Transmission & Distribution World, February 2005.
  • McDonald, John D., Carrasco, Joe, Wong, Chiu, “Riverside Initiates Substation Automation, Plans SCADA and Data Warehouse”, Electricity Today, Issue 8, 2004.
  • McDonald, John D., Hansen, Harvey, “Ketchikan Finds Solutions to Outdated, Proprietary RTUs: Overcoming Proprietary SCADA Protocol is Key”, Electricity Today, Issue 2, Volume 16, 2004.
  • McDonald, John D., “Overwhelmed by Alarms: Blackout Puts Filtering and Suppression Technologies in the Spotlight”, Electricity Today, Issue 8, Volume 15, 2003.
  • McDonald, John D., “North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Boosts Revenue by Replacing SCADA”, Electricity Today, Issue 7, Volume 15, 2003.
  • McDonald, John D., “Successful Integration and Automation Relies on Strategic Plan – Automation Requires Integration”, Electric Energy T&D, January-February 2003.
  • McDonald, John D., “Substation Automation – IED Integration and Availability of Information”, IEEE Power & Energy, March/April 2003.
  • McDonald, John D., “Industry Activities in Substation Protocol Standardization”, EPRI Substation Equipment Diagnostics Conference IX, New Orleans, February 2001.
  • McDonald, John D., Doghman, MohamadI., Dahl, William E., “Present and Future Integration of Diagnostic Equipment Monitoring at OPPD”, EPRI Substation Equipment Diagnostics Conference IX, New Orleans, February 2001.

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Seminar AgendaSeptember 25, 2007